First of all, I've had my Toshiba Satellite for more than two years and had no issues with it OR the power cord. In fact, my dog chewed a couple areas on the power cord when she was a puppy almost 2 yrs ago, and despite the fact that I can see the silvery wires running through the cord in a couple areas, the cord STILL works! The plug-in area where the cord meets the laptop (on the side) is a little looser than when I first bought, but that is to be expected since my laptop is over 2 yrs old. I mainly use my laptop for surfing the Internet, watching Hulu, etc and don't travel or use it for work. Seems to still work great, and I just recently replaced the entire AC cord with a replacement bought from an online auction site.

I got my laptop in June 2011 after graduation and the power cord has already started to give out, where the cord connects to the computer. I never abused the cord and took great care of it knowing that it is fragile, so I was disappointed that it didn't even last a year. And of course the warranty doesn't cover to cord...typical. I love my laptop, but after reading the other reviews I get a feeling that I may be spending more money on replacement cords than what the laptop itself cost. Toshiba needs to do something about this. In the future I would rather buy a HP or Compaq just because of the issue with the AC Adaptor cord.

Very disappointed with the quality of the power cord. We own three Toshiba laptops (which work fine) but have had to replace all three powercords and now mine is out again. I will not purchase anymore Toshiba products -- switching to HP for future purchases.